It was almost a year ago that I had my very first mammogram. You know what that means – time for another one! Whoopee! I’m only 30, but my doctor suggested that I get one every year from now one because of my mom having breast cancer. (Which is apparently some big family secret, so if you run into her, don’t mention that you read this on the internet. HA!) Anyway, I plan on calling my gynocologist soon and scheduling my annual “feet in the stirrups and scooch down please” apppointment. After going to the same doctor for 12 years, and having going through 3 pregnancies with the office, they all know me, and it’s actually a pleasure walking in and seeing the doctor and all of the nurses in their cute pink nursing scrubs. I’m probably the only person I know who looks forward to visiting the gynocologist!
I don’t mind the mammogram so much either. I was a bit apprehensive about it last year….ok, a LOT apprehensive, but it wasn’t bad at all, and I won’t be worried a bit about doing it this year. The only thing I’m worried about is another fight with the insurance company about covering it. It took me a LONG time to get that claim covered last year, even thought they’re supposed to do if the doctor specifies a good reason for it. Stupidheads.
April 30th, 2007 at 12:01 am
there is a new search engine called lookpink.com thats run by Yahoo! – every time you search you raise money to cover the cost of mammograms for women in poverty. if a woman doesn’t have health insurance and can’t afford a private clinic, there is no other way for them to get checked.
April 30th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
My doctor said even with relatively low history of breast cancer in my family, to at least get a mammogram by age 35 so I have a baseline. A picture of a (hopefully) normal me, so they can compare it to future mammograms. Not too big of a deal and it felt like a big checkmark when I got it done.